Continuing what is now an annual tradition, we are preparing for the 2023 art show at the University of Oregon’s EMU, featuring currently incarcerated artists. We will have art to share soon! For now, here is our invitation to artists to participate.
Call for art!
The University of Oregon’s Prison Education Program (PEP) is holding an annual exhibition of artwork by artists from OSP, OSCI and CCCF from February 6 – March 9, 2023 in the Erb Memorial Union (EMU) student union building on the UO campus. The EMU is a bustling building which thousands of people pass through each week.
The PEP seeks donations of artwork to display on campus. We hope to auction off the art pieces after the show ends and invest any proceeds from the sale of art into education programs at Oregon prisons. Artwork cannot be returned—this is a permanent donation to the PEP—and any proceeds will go to the PEP and not to artists. For anyone willing to contribute art pieces, we are enormously grateful and hope that your contribution will help raise awareness of the diverse talents of incarcerated people in Oregon. You will help us as we continue to work to provide educational opportunities inside.
Works may relate to the theme “A Sense of Place”—a common thread across this year’s Prison Education Program (PEP) courses—or follow any inspiration of your choosing.
You will receive written feedback as a participating artist about your works featured in the exhibition from UO faculty, students and community members. You will also receive a printed catalog documenting works in the show and gallery space after the exhibition closes. A closing reception will be held on the UO campus on Thursday, March 9, 2023.
Be on the lookout for new Art Show news in early 2023!
